Foreign bodies: a conversation between Yasmin Gunaratnam and Ali Eisa

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bethan Michael-Fox for her care and patience throughout.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1. Autograph ABP (Association of Black Photographers) was established in 1988. Its mission is to “to champion the work of artists who use photography and film to highlight questions of race, representation, human rights and social justice” https://autograph.org.uk/about-us/mission.

2. Lloyd Corporation is a collaboration between artists Ali Eisa and Sebastian Lloyd Rees. Their practice uses sculpture, installation, performance and text, often taking inspiration from informal and local economies. https://jerwoodarts.org/artist/ali-eisa/.

3. Alongside neurodiverse artists and makers, the Project Art Works collective includes paid and unpaid caregivers who help each other to navigate through the complexities of health and social care systems. https://projectartworks.org/the-organisation/.

4. Caribbean Social Forum https://caribbeansocialfor.wixsite.com/caribbeansocialforum.

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Notes on contributors

Yasmin Gunaratnam

Yasmin Gunaratnam is a sociologist interested in how different types of inequality and injustice are produced, lived with and remade and how these processes create new forms of local and global inclusion and dispossession. Before she came to Kings College (London) in September 2021, she taught in the Sociology department at Goldsmiths and was co-director of the Centre for Feminist Research. Yasmin tweets @YasminGun

Ali Eisa

Ali Eisa is a contemporary artist, educator and public programmer and lecturer in Fine Art at Goldsmiths (London). He is the Learning and Participation Manager at Autograph, where he works with schools, young people and marginalised groups. His practice spans over 10 years of collaborative and participatory work utilising sculpture, installation, performance, video and photography. Ali tweets @AliEisa93193127